Achieving A Calmer Pornography Viewpoint

Some societal groups keep on hoping that something dreadful
will be proven about pornography so that it can be banished. To
their discomfort nothing dreadful has been found. These groups
would do well to examine themselves, for discomfort about an
issue like pornography always speaks worlds about those so
discomfited.

Most who believe that pornography degrades women are typically
trapped by one of the following unhappy beliefs: (1)that one
person can actually degrade another (see Chapter 9 for more
about degrading), (2)that many aspects of sex between consenting
adults are still not OK or (3)the only OK sex is in a long-term
committed relationship. To change these ideas probably will
require elimination of some beliefs learned in early childhood.
The women involved in pornography may be degraded to some, but
not necessarily in their own eyes. Many female porno stars treat
it like a job.